5 My World Every evening at six o’clock, the lights went out. They called it energy conservation. I lived with two people I loved more than anything. I called them ammamma and ammachan. In the evenings, we would sit on the porch while ammamma fed me. She would tell me stories. Folk tales and stories from Hindu mythologies. Life was simple. No television. No phones. At seven, my ammachan would listen to news on the radio that ran on batteries. Once he told me the news that three men landed on the moon. For the first time. I led a sheltered life. Protected. I went to school in a rickshaw pulled by a human. That was the only time I stepped outside the house. On weekends, neighbouring kids would come over to play football. Life was simple. I lived with two people I loved more than anything. I called them ammamma and ammachan.
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